The town ward’s Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Chris Sawyer said the troubles, which have been going on for about three months, had “reached a peak”.

A total of 18 cars have been vandalised, with the damage estimated at £2,500 after yobs walked on car roofs and smashed wing mirrors.

The louts’ swearing “at top volume” had woken everyone in the street, where they were also scrapping, according to Mr Sawyer.

In a bid to prevent more disorderly behaviour, a Camberley police team plans to patrol the street after closing time.

The Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator said he was also investigating ways to object to town centre pubs and clubs being granted extensions to their licences.

He added: “They use Gordon Avenue as a rat run and they come from the clubs and they are just drunk and disorderly.

“I would say they are aged between 16 or 17, up to 25.”

Mr Sawyer said the usual time for disturbances was the early hours of Saturday mornings, between 12.15 and 2.15am although they had been known to last until 4am.

“A lot of people have said that they are frightened to come out of their houses and they wouldn’t attempt to walk up the street while this is going on,” he said.

“It’s abusive language at top volume and there were a couple down on the ground beating hell out of each other.”

He said the problems had got so bad that some residents had considered intervening in a bid to stop the bad language, fighting and drunken behaviour.

“I have advised against that, as their wives are absolutely petrified and they are going to get beaten up if they do,” he added.

Mr Sawyer said one resident had had spoken to a drunken gang 18 months ago and ended up in Frimley Park Hospital suffering from facial injuries and bruising. The man had gone out to intervene and was chased down the road, cornered and beaten up, said the Watch co-ordinator.

Forms detailing police contact numbers and what residents should report are being circulated in a bid to halt the problems.

Mr Sawyer believes the police presence will reassure the householders and added: “I think it will give them more confidence to report things.”

The Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator believes some of the problems are due to pubs and clubs in the High Street being open for longer.

“It seems to me that extensions on these pubs and clubs have been granted and that’s causing most of the problems.

“That’s something that we would like to look into with the police.”

A police spokesman confirmed officers would patrol in Gordon Avenue and Gordon Road, and urged residents to contact police if problems persisted.

He added: “We do take reports of antisocial behaviour very seriously and will do our best to deal with them wherever we can.

“Unless people tell us about the problems, we don’t know that the issue exists.

“We want people to tell us about antisocial behaviour and about the criminal damage.”

Camberley police can be contacted on 0845 125 2222, or in an emergency dial 999.